Budgets
The purpose of having financial budgets
Financial budgets are all about financial planning and forecasting. It includes:
Revenue Projection: Estimating income based on anticipated client work, billing rates, and staff utilization rates.
Expense Planning: Forecasting costs such as salaries, benefits, rent, software, marketing, travel, and other overheads.
Profitability Goals: Setting targets for overall company profit margins and profitability by service line, client, or practice area.
Cash Flow Management: Predicting cash inflows and outflows to ensure the company has sufficient liquidity to operate.
Where are budgets used
Budgets are used in the following charts and reports:
Margin forecasting report
How to enter budgets
You can create and manage budgets in VOGSY’s back office. Each budget needs the following details:
- Ledger account
- Accounting year
- Department
- Budget amount
Once created, you can spread the budget amount across the months of the year.
Budgets on revenue ledger accounts must be entered with a minus because revenue accounts have a credit balance.